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As tariff refund process gets underway, Dems preview new attacks
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (911+ words) The administration is standing up a system to handle up to $175 billion in tariff refunds that will launch Monday, as Democrats see another opportunity to needle the administration on the cost of living and consumer prices. U. S. Customs and Border Protection…...
Daybreak April 10: Tariff arguments before trade court today
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1105+ words) The Court of International Trade will hear arguments today on whether President Donald Trump's global tariff passes legal muster as opponents push for a swift decision. The challengers are pushing for a ruling that the tariff, imposed in the wake…...
Food prices continue increasing, up 0. 4% in February
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (360+ words) Food prices for consumers ticked up in February, as a 1. 4% increase in the cost of fruits and vegetables helped drive an overall 0. 4% hike in the cost of groceries, according to the latest Consumer Price Index. The February uptick in grocery…...
Farm Hands on the Potomac: NCFC staff shakeup; Tarr joins IDFA; Treinen, Syngenta depart ASTA
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) Former Capitol Hill staffer Eric Bohl launched Bohl Government Affairs. He was recently a principal at Bockorny Group and earlier served as director of public affairs and advocacy at Missouri Farm Bureau. Bohl worked six years as chief of staff…...
USDA proposes rules to allow faster pork, poultry processing line speeds
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (682+ words) The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing new rules that would allow faster line speeds at pork and poultry processing facilities. Under proposed rules released Tuesday, young chicken establishments operating under the New Poultry Inspection System would…...
Argentina gets green light to export 80, 000 tons of beef into US
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (576+ words) Citing the high cost of ground beef, the Trump administration is temporarily increasing a tariff-rate quota for beef by 80, 000 metric tons and allocating all of it to Argentina to import lean beef trimmings into the U. S. The release of the EO…...
High beef prices helping dairy farms cope with downturn
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (1086+ words) As much as President Donald Trump would like to bring down the cost of beef, historical beef prices have played a key role in keeping dairy farms afloat as milk prices have collapsed over the past year. Dairy producers have…...
Row crop risks weighed by U. S. ag lenders as beef booms
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (711+ words) Agricultural bankers are growing increasingly concerned about the financial stress facing row crop producers heading into 2026." Lenders should be on the lookout for signs of possible credit pressure among borrowers, according to Zach Allen, senior director of food and agribusiness…...
AFBF Thanksgiving meal costs slightly less than last year's
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (439+ words) The American Farm Bureau Federation's annual survey shows consumers will pay 5% less for Thanksgiving dinner this year than in 2024, despite an increase in wholesale turkey prices. It is the third straight decline in the cost of Thanksgiving dinner after a…...
Argentinian beef import quota to rise at least fourfold
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (721+ words) Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday that beef imports from Argentina under an annual import quota could rise by four to five times current levels. A White House official told Agri-Pulse'Argentina's tariff-rate quota would be raised to 80, 000 metric tons.' In…...